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Expert Warns! Diet Coke Side Effects are Immediate

TASTY – May 24, 2023 - He said that tooth enamel is attacked within 10 minutes. Naik said: “The phosphoric acid attacks the enamel in your teeth, while the artificial sweeteners like aspartame hit your syste... Read More...

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Minnesota to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

VIDEO – IS THERE ANY OTHER KIND? – May 20, 2023 - There are 12 different business licenses a person can apply for in the adult-use market, and there are additional licenses for medical cannabis. To be eligible to... Read More...

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Identifying Early Signs of Addiction is Crucial for Intervention

EVERYTHING MATTERS – May 25, 2023 - People struggling with addiction may exhibit changes in their physical and emotional health, such as insomnia, weight loss or gain, mood swings, and a lack of energy. Additi... Read More...

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17 Signs of a Functioning Alcoholic

KNOW YOUR FRIENDS – May 25, 2023 - Frequent binge drinking after daily responsibilities are taken care ofJustifying drinking as a way of unwinding after work, a busy day with the kids, or as a rewardFrequent... Read More...

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‘We don’t want you:’ Residents Upset Over Recovery Clinic

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD? – May 25, 2023 - Fusion leadership, however, emphasized the center would not be a methadone clinic but a comprehensive behavioral health treatment facility that offers methadone in... Read More...

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Faith Brings Mother Out Of Addiction

HIGHER POWER – May 25, 2023 - Emotionally and physically beaten up by her addiction to meth, Anna entered a year-long recovery program for women in Greeneville 13 months ago called Recovering Hearts. She said she ent... Read More...

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Hollywood Celebrity Visits Women’s Sobriety Facility

BEAUTIFUL HELPING HAND – May 26, 2023 - Gish flew here from Nashville where she was working on a film and mingled with patrons at the Brooke’s House coffee and chocolate shop in the town’s south end. “I thi... Read More...

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Psilocybin Can Help You Overcome Alcoholism

STEP ONE? – May 24, 2023 - The time is now to change our laws and policies about psilocybin so that adult access is possible. Psilocybin mushrooms bring on mystical-like experiences that may be vital to hea... Read More...

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How Jason Ritter’s Sobriety Journey Changed His Life

NOTHING BUT HEART – May 25, 2023 - Jason has experienced intense pain in his life, particularly after losing his father suddenly after he collapsed on the set of his hit show “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teen... Read More...

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Boston Children’s Hospital Establishes Division of Addiction Medicine to Study SUD in Children & Adolescents

ABOUT TIME! – May 25, 2023 - Boston Children’s Hospital has launched the first Division of Addiction Medicine at a pediatric institution, reinforcing the importance of addressing substance use in children and adolesc... Read More...

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Awash in Treatment Funds After Decriminalizing Drugs, Now Follow the Money

LEGALIZING IT – May 26, 2023 - That need for oversight was demonstrated on Wednesday when state officials terminated a $1.5 million grant agreement with a drug recovery nonprofit in Klamath Falls accused of failing t... Read More...

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Addiction Specialist/Survivor Speaks on Mental Health

VIDEO – WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE – May 25, 2023 - “Like they don’t understand that getting sober is hard, and then on top of being sober you have your mental health. So when you get sober your mental health really suf... Read More...

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Guns N’ Roses’ Steven Adler Was Kidnapped To Break Heroin Habit

BROTHERLY LOVE– May 25, 2023 - On March 22, 2007, Jamie orchestrated a kidnapping. He had his brother picked up, drugged to sleep and transported across state lines to Los Angeles, where Jamie imprisoned him against ... Read More...

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Telehealth for Addiction Treatment Rose by 38.5% Points

WHERE TWO OR MORE AREN’T GATHERED – May 24, 2023 - The odds of engaging in telehealth treatment for addiction, however, increased from 7.4 percent in 2019 to 45.9 percent after the start of the pandemic. In additi... Read More...

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Can Ozempic Help People Beat Addiction?

VIDEO – BULLSHIT? – May 23, 2023 - Many have turned to diabetes drug Ozempic to lose weight, but some are reporting it has helped them curb their addictions as well. Neurologist Dr. Thomas Pitts explains tha... Read More...

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Tokenism and Portrayal of Addiction Recovery Stories

TIME TO GO DEEPER – May 25, 2023 - When told correctly, these stories uplift and illuminate the often-misunderstood realities of addiction, breaking through the barriers of stigma to spark better understanding... Read More...

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Ben Gravy Got Sober and Surfed All 50 States

VIDEO – ONE WAVE AT A TIME – May 24, 2023 - I had a spiritual awakening. I started making the YouTube videos to help me stay sober. Surfing was reintroduced to my life. I had a lot of time on my hands. I wasn’t part... Read More...

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What Happens After You Get Sober?

SOBRIETY TV IS ADDICTIVE – May 25, 2023 - Like Mulaney’s, my early sober life was a hall of fun-house mirrors, each one waiting to reveal a new, terrible reflection. During a tearful conversation with my wife on our ... Read More...

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How Sobriety Has Made Debby Friday’s Art Better

VIDEO – SOBER SONGS – May 11, 2023 - Debby Friday talks to Damhnait Doyle about how writing her latest album was a way to process a tumultuous period... Watch@CBC ... Read More...

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Mom’s Glamorous Life Rocked by Ambien Addiction

VIDEO – GOOD STASH – May 12, 2023 - Four years in, I was taking two pills to get to sleep and a whole one in the middle of the night. The sixth year, which was 2008, I was taking 10 pills — nine at night and then br... Read More...

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Is Being ‘Pre-Addicted’ a Real Thing?

MAYBE – May 12, 2023 - The word “addiction” is probably over-used in our culture. Clinically, it means compulsive use of drugs; colloquially, we stretch its use to refer to addiction to things that probably don’t fit... Read More...

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DEA’s Fentanyl Investigations

VIDEO – NEVER ENDING – May 15, 2023 - “The days of needing to go in some dark alley to get drugs, now you can just … Young people especially are going online,” Forget said. “Knowing who your children hang out with in... Read More...

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Rob Lowe Strips Down To Celebrate 33 Years Of Sobriety

AND TAKES A SWIM – May 15, 2023 - Fans immediately headed to his comment section to not only applaud his major accomplishment, but also to compliment his radiant skin and seemingly “ageless” complexion, as one ... Read More...

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Michael J. Fox: Sobriety After Parkinson’s Diagnosis Was ‘a knife fight in a closet’

VIDEO – BACK TO THE PRESENT – May 12, 2023 - Fox can still recall telling his wife the diagnosis he would keep from the world for nine years. “I remember the exact moment, exactly where we were,” says Fox, gest... Read More...

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Man Loses 230 lbs. After Overcoming Sugar Addiction

CANDY KILLS – May 18, 2023 - At the time, Baayarsaikhan — who said he’s struggled with his weight his entire life — was the heaviest he’s ever been: 500 lbs. The married father of two said that the doctor’s appoin... Read More...

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Liam Payne Announces Exciting Sobriety Milestone

3 MONTHS AND COUNTING – May 17, 2023 - As a star thrust into the spotlight at an early age, Liam Payne turned to drinking to help him cope with the pressures and stressors of fame. “It’s almost like putting the... Read More...

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April Hartman on Sober People Project

SOBER PEOPLE CAN ROCK – May 15, 2023 - After receiving several messages and comments about people’s struggles with sobriety due to their jobs, Jon decided to start a project called Sober People. He interviews individ... Read More...

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Five Months of Sobriety Makes a ‘Huge Difference’

AND THE HEALING HAS BEGUN – May 12, 2023 - “It’s made a really huge difference,” George says. “I get to bed at 9pm every night, I wake up at 6am, I listen to music, I play music, I go to the gym, I spend qualit... Read More...

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Behind the Documentary| Fighting Addiction

VIDEO – MUST WATCH – May 16, 2023 - 1. Addiction is such a cunning enemy of everyone, starting from the addict who is totally destroyed to become servant of this malicious desease ... 2. My first husband died of alco... Read More...

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Overdoses Slightly Increased Again, But Experts Hopeful

HOPE NOT DOPE – May 17, 2023 - An estimated 109,680 overdose deaths occurred last year, according to numbers posted Wednesday by the CDC. That’s about 2% more than the 107,622 U.S. overdose deaths in 2021, but ... Read More...

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